Stephen Fields of Chauncey was drilling a test hole in a coal seam when the rock came loose from a highwall due to freezing ...

West Virginia exports more coal to China than any other state and some producers have expressed serious concerns over a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 55-year-old coal miner died in a Wednesday morning accident in Boone County.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has released a statement saying a West Virginia man died in a coal mining accident in Boone County.

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s family, citing a string of ongoing, unaddressed violations. A coal mine in West Virginia ...

A Logan County coal miner died in an accident at a mine in Boone County, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a statement Wednesday. Steven Fields, 55, of Chauncey, died from injuries he sustained in an ...

A now near-ghost town in West Virginia was once the home of a lavish hotel, known as a “historic spot for trouble”, that hosted a continuous poker game that lasted over a decade.

America’s coal policy has been an ... Peng is the Charles E Lawall Chair of Mining Engineering emeritus in the Department of Mining Engineering at West Virginia University.